Mrs. Jenkel's Music Blog

Summit and Ixonia Elementary Music

Mrs. Jenkel's Music Blog

Summit and Ixonia Elementary Music

Back-to-School Update

I am looking forward to another wonderful year of music learning with the students! I will be keeping up this music blog as a way to communicate the happenings of the music room. Watch for grade level features throughout the school year. Updates will be sent via email and the Husky Herald. A link to this blog is on the front page of Summit's website.

Concert dates, curriculum, and rules of the music room are included in this blog update.

2015-2016 Concert Dates

Music concerts for parents are at 2:00 p.m.

5K- “All Things February” Concert on Thursday, February 25th

1st Grade- Holiday Concert on Thursday, December 17th

2nd Grade- Holiday Concert on Thursday, December 3rd

3rd Grade- “Celebrating the Regions” Concert on Tuesday, May 17th

4th Grade- Wisconsin Program on Tuesday, April 19th

3rd and Fourth Drama Club

Drama club is an extra-curricular activity, in which students work together to put together a musical over a period of five to six weeks. Rehearsal times/dates may vary a little but are usually scheduled Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:45-5:00 p.m.

4th Grade Drama Club

Students will have the opportunity to perform “The Emperor's New Clothes” in fourth grade drama club. Drama club students will perform on Friday, October 23rd at 7:00 p.m. for parents. Student sign-up packets will be sent home with students in mid-September, and rehearsals will begin in late September.

3rd Grade Drama Club

Students will have the opportunity to perform “Of Mice and Mozart” in third grade drama club. Drama club students will perform on Friday, March 18th at 7:00 p.m. for parents. Student sign-up packets will be sent home with students in late January, and rehearsals will begin early February.

3rd Grade- Singing and reading melodies with do, re, mi, so, la, high do, low so and low la; Chanting and reading rhythms with whole notes, whole notes and rests, and syncopation; Learning about and attending an age-appropriate opera performance

4th Grade- Singing and reading melodies with fa and ti; Chanting and reading rhythms with dotted quarter notes and eighth notes; Learning about the families of instruments and attending a symphony orchestra performance; Playing the recorder

4th Grade Recorders

Fourth graders will start recorders in February, so I will be making a purchase in mid-January. Look for information about recorders in early January. I will order recorders through Macie Publishing. You will purchase the recorder through Skyward.

Mrs. Sherry Jenkel

I teach general music at Summit Elementary and Ixonia Elementary (5K and 1st grade).